The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
WEAKNESS

eallllr'ws WEAKNESS.
..tsdty Displayed b the
~. - : NV York Editor
g. 49, illustrations Of inten.
ss ':ss, t.aI on the part OF Horace
lg: ,,.in Sacramento. Cal. A
s a1;.sos had assembled to hear
'a st and be was detained on the
'Pe On arrival he was driven to the
~ Hotel and hurried to q room
's', gieht psrtake Of some refresh a
. lI' Sress before his lecture. The
.a sna Of the audience was as
Pu'a'' Tho announcement that Mr..
p D !!.s adjusting his toilet, and
y himself comfortable after a
'n asa tedious stage ride. He reach
~ ann
!, sI hall at nine o'clock
$ he dressedP
(8.,..,, rs when he loft the stage.
s''I H. had not washed his face nor
(.,d.. he hadn't changed q sin.
. .tc1' Of attire from coat to shirt
.oI,sr to boots. Absolutely Gov
9TH saa' dust, with cravat awry, with
d;rtv and crumpled, with shirt
dd~;ssrrsnged, with unpublished
Ss shambled into the hall and up
Ps,r aisle, until, standing on the
tsrn, dirty, ill-kempt, unattractive'
,eed an audience mainly OF New
,snd men and women, each arraysd
reordance with decorum.
That was thatp
Iceuricity. oddness not only, but
|ssetation Of the extremity Of each.
1 smother occasion in Paris he. as a
|este from the United States to the
4 exposition. was notified to meet
Fslow.delegates in a specified salon.
|Greeley and Erastus Brooks, an
\ delegate, arrived in advance Of
bthers. Mr.. Brooks, who was the
! reconsideration of neatness and
mess, noticed that Mr.. Greeley's
|,es we're hitched up over the leg
h boot, and at some personal in
[ppience having called his atten-
to it, kneeled and adjusted the
oent. Later on, in the reception
i, where the delegates from all
tries had met for a formal presen-
u, imagine the disgust and annoy
Of Mr.. Brooks when he saw that
Greeley had re-disarranged his
50 that the bottoms of them
rested upon the legs Of his boots.
after that l had occasion to
Mr.. Greeley in his home relative
matters in Washington. He was
md in bed. The bedstead was
ed across the corner of the room.
he center was a revolving book
against which rested a long
or. Articles Of clothing were
IN about the floor and intensest
nsion dominated the place. Mr..
ley was not seriously ill, but, by
dyice of his physician, kept his bed
al days. So far as confusion,
arrangement and upsidedown-
ness were concerned that bed.
capped the climax.
IS that intentional2
e statue of Benjamin Franklin was
p some time after that in Printing
o Square, Immediately in front Of
building. A committee Of
lgements provided places on the
ramme for Professor Morse, Mr..
ley and others. We were all to
in the Tribune editorial rooms
20 in procession to the statue. 1t
. memorable occasion. and every
paid such respect to the proprie-
could be indicated by demeanor
costume. Mr.. Greeley walked
| the stairs arm in arm with Pro.
r Morse, with the collar of his
coat turned inward, his necktie
and one leg of his trousera
led up on top of his boot.
As that Intentional or accidentalf
race Greeley was a man packed
Alterations. l always believed
eccentricities to be assumed, be.
they were such palpable contra
'ns Of all that he saw about him,
that he learned from his unusual
with men Of the world. HI
of the oddity he presented.
atiied him to be pointed out as
as distinct in his personality
his fellows. An evidence Of
ness you think? Why, certainly,
violence of weakness in one of the
one of the grandest men
n to American history. He would
been a brave man who dared pro.
&c Horace Greeley insane by rea-